I am so sensitive to a shiny OLED screen or more designed chassis like the next person, but I will be harmed, I think the two favorite things I have seen from computer this year have been on everything. Yesterday there was an SPU that had a rotating power connector, and today we are seeing that Asrock is supplying power, which is fits 12V-2X6 power connector with extra sensors to check more heat.
This is dominant. Some RTX 50 series is a response to problems displayed with high heat power cables in graphics cards. The whole ‘melting RTX cable’ started the last generation from RTX 4090, but this generation has also faced some problems.
We have first heard about some RTX 5090 power connectors that are melting longer after the launch. And only last month there was a report of a melted power cable on an RTX 5070, even a high -power RTX 5080 or RTX 5090.
Tech Utber Der 8 Ire investigated with thermal camera And found out how much of the current flow of 12VHPWR cables was flowing in each of the 12 wires, and that two of the 12 wires were hoter than others. This was identified as a potential reason for melting.
We do not know the extent to which every report of the RTX 50 series melt cables is below the user’s error, of course, as it may be due to the power cable not to fully enter.
This is something that can help the yellow connector pins, and obviously this is a reason behind the switch of the new, long 12V-2×6 pins from the actual, short connector pins of the 12VHPWR cable.
But if there are strong differences between the cable -driven power -driven power, it is difficult to imagine that it is a completely consumer mistake.
In theory, the RTX 50 series cards may be a pin power sensing to prevent such variations, but not everything and apparently not even in the RTX 5090 design of NVIDIA’s founders.
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Which means that some extra protection should be useful, and it seems that Asrock is in mind with its PSU and cable/connector design. It seems that there are two standard 12V-2×6 connections in the new power supply (in the company’s Taechi or Phantom Gaming Line-up) but with an additional two pin sensor, which contains 12VHPWR cables, which contains two pins sensor to plugged.
It should check the cable temperature and turn off it if it gets too hot. Also you get those yellow pins so you can easily check that the pins are completely inserted. We do not know how well it does it still, but it’s a good, practical idea.
Now, beyond the smart and sensible path, let’s go back to these shiny OLEDs. Stay one in all these PSUs.
